Psalm 71:5
For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.
Cross-reference
Psalm 71:17 mentions 'since my youth,' directly continuing the same psalm's theme of lifelong relationship with God.
Psalm 22:10 says 'from my mother's womb you have been my God,' a very close parallel to 'my confidence since my youth.'
Psalm 39:7 declares 'my hope is in you' — a direct parallel to the psalmist's statement that the Lord is his hope.
Psalm 62:5 declares 'my hope comes from him,' directly paralleling the psalmist's statement of hope in God.
Psalm 146:5 blesses those whose hope is in the LORD, directly mirroring the psalmist's confidence.
Psalm 22:9 describes trust from the womb, paralleling the idea of confidence from earliest days.
Psalm 13:5 expresses trust in God's steadfast love — parallel to the psalmist's declaration of hope and trust from youth.
Psalm 27:9 pleads for God not to forsake, recalling God as helper — similar reliance on God as in the psalmist's hope.
Psalm 42:11 exhorts the soul to hope in God — parallel theme of hope, though here it's self-encouragement.
Psalm 119:166 hopes for God's salvation — parallel to the psalmist's trust and hope in the Lord.
Psalm 130:7 calls Israel to put hope in the LORD, echoing the personal hope expressed here.
Psalm 119:81 expresses hope in God's word — parallel to hoping in the Lord, but with a focus on Scripture.
1 Samuel 17:33-37 shows David's confidence from youth, recounting God's past deliverances from lion and bear.
Jeremiah 3:4 quotes Israel calling God 'my friend from my youth,' directly echoing the psalmist's 'confidence since my youth.'
1 Samuel 17:45-47 shows David's trust in the LORD's name against Goliath, exemplifying the hope he had from youth.
Jeremiah 17:7 pronounces blessing on those who trust in the Lord — parallel to the psalmist's lifelong trust.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 urges remembering the Creator in youth, complementing the psalmist's testimony of having done so.
Jeremiah 17:13 also calls God 'the hope of Israel,' echoing the same title for God as personal hope.
Romans 15:13 calls God 'the God of hope,' a NT echo of the same attribute, praying that believers overflow with hope.
2 Timothy 3:15 notes Timothy's knowledge of Scripture from infancy, paralleling the psalmist's lifelong hope in God.